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BEIJING: China plans to push ahead with its campaign to develop digital television (DTV) cable broadcasting and use the European-dominated standard as a transitional measure. Last...
MUMBAI: The trade was anxiously awaiting a decision but all they got was another date. A division bench of the Mumbai High Court comprising Chief Justice...
HONG KONG: Despite the apparent dominance of David Beckham as a driving commercial force in Asia, a new study has found Real Madrid’s latest ‘star acquisition’...
LONDON: BBC World Service has started broadcasting on FM in Dubai, the latest in a network of FM operations in the Gulf co-operation council states. The...
NEW DELHI: Though a total cable blackout did not happen in Delhi or in other parts of the country as had been threatened by a section...
NEW DELHI: Information & broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has called for a proper balance and synergy between the commercialisation of the broadcast media and the...
NEW DELHI: Stepping up pressure on the government to review the free-to-air package rates fixed at Rs. 72, over 100 cable operators belonging to the Cable...
MUMBAI: Everest Integrated Communications, a part of the Rediffusion D Y & R Group, has made three appointments. Milind Dhaimade is the executive creative director, Rajul...
LONDON: Toy giant Lego has come up with an interesting way of promoting its products through television. However, the in-programme placement has raised several issues. ...
NEW YORK: Good news for J’Lo fans! Lancaster Group, a marketer of cosmetics, plans to introduce the scent Still Jennifer Lopez to the 25-and-older age group...
LISBON: The Union of European Football Association (UEFA) has announced that an agreement has been reached with Adidas to act as the supporter, licensee and the...
NEW DELHI: Leoarts Communication, a Delhi-based animation, documentary and film production house, is working on animation series, Neelu Peelu Dheelu, targeted at kids. The production company...
MUMBAI: There has been another departure from the Ronnie Screwvala-promoted United Television. Manish Popat, COO UTV TV content has “been asked to go,” Screwvala confirmed to...
MUMBAI: The erstwhile monarch of its terrain, Aaj Tak now has again claimed the top slot among the slew of new news channels on air. Quoting...
MUMBAI: Bollywood biggie Aamir Khan is the star attraction for an exclusive Independence Day show Jai Jawan that will be telecast on NDTV 24×7 and NDTV...
NEW DELHI: Star News today whipped up a voluminous reply to the Indian government’s show cause notices, as they are now being dubbed, on various aspects...
MUMBAI: Listed media company ETC Networks has posted an income of Rs 103.49 million for the first quarter ended June 2003 as compared to Rs 127.90...
WASHINGTON: Microsoft Corp. has announced that Time Warner Cable plans to perform a trial of the Microsoft® TV Interactive Programme Guide (IPG) software in Beaumont, Texas....
MUMBAI: To boost its evening news programming slot, news network CNN is launching a new business programme, Asia Now, in two live one-hour editions. Taking a...
NEW DELHI: It is not just the pay broadcasters that the government sees as at fault over the mess that is CAS. The government is miffed...
NEW YORK: This is a treasure that every advertising professional would like to own. Advertising Age has launched its “Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising” – billed...
MUMBAI: One of the public sector ‘Navratnas’, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), today, announced a range of new value added services designed to create a purposeful...
MUMBAI: “Get fresh, stay cool with new Colgate Fresh Energy Gel!” FMCG major Colgate claims to have revitalised its Colgate Fresh Energy Gel toothpastes with “new...
MUMBAI: Who says soaps are just about hankie wringing? In Taiwan, a hit soap is reportedly serving the immigration department to ferret out illegals. The Taiwan...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Information Technology, which also looks into issues related to broadcasting and convergence, in its latest report, has made...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television (SET) has added a dedicated Middle East beam to its geography-specific beams. With this, SET now has six localised feeds, one each...
MUMBAI: The personal baby of Star India senior V-P content & Communication Tarun Katial has delivered and how. This month’s (Sunday, 6 July) Star Parivar Awards...
LONDON: Deborah Bull has been appointed a governor of the BBC. Bull will take up her post on 1 August 2003 for a four-year term. She...
MUMBAI: It’s retribution time for the Subrata Roy owned Sahara TV. After a long drawn legal battle with American author Barbara Taylor Bradford, Sahara has finally...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Indian broadcasters met the Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, a staunch opponent of conditional access rollout, Prime Minister AB Vajpayee held...
MUMBAI: Ronnie Screwvala’s UTV has readied four new show concepts that it is pitching to channels. First is an action thriller titled Sarfarosh, second an emotional...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television, the official exclusive broadcaster of Lakme India Fashion Week with Liberty shoes (LIFWL) 2003, will in all probability, showcase the event on...
SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has good news for Asian football fans. The broadcaster has renewed its exclusive pay-TV multi-year cable and satellite rights in Asia...
MUMBAI: The legal wrangling has not been sorted out yet, but shooting for forthcoming episodes of Sahara TV’s Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny is on...
CALIFORNIA: Six Feet Under may be leading the Emmy nominations tally but its stars will have difficulty matching David Hyde Pearce. The star of Frasier has...
MUMBAI: The “print fight” (mainly) between India’s leading publication The Times Of India and leading broadcaster Rupert Murdoch’s Star has reached boiling point. Over the past...
NEW YORK: Americans trust CNN and Fox slightly more than they trust national network TV news and considerably more than they trust national feature magazines such...
MUMBAI: Ultimate search for the best voice of Tamilnadu “Airtel Super Singer” was going on through out Tamilnadu for the past few weeks. The first audition...
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas has announced the appointment of Ramesh Thondapi as its head for sales and marketing. Prior to joining Shringar Cinemas, Thondapi worked with Pepsi...
NEW DELHI: Mumbai-based e-marketing solutions company Virtual Marketing India bagged two gold, one silver and one bronze in the recently conducted Promotion Marketing Awards of Asia...
MUMBAI: Span Communications, a mid-sized agency has been empanelled for Directorate of Income Tax (RSP and PR) for the year 2002-03. The agency was ranked 22...
MUMBAI: NDTV World, the wholly owned subsidiary of Prannoy Roy’s New Delhi Television Ltd, is being amalgamated into the parent company. With this move, Dr Roy...
MUMBAI: Radio City plans to put more smile on the tiny tots faces this winter. Banglore’s radio station has picked up the cudgels to do some...
Son of one of Bollywood's earliest superstars Prem Nath, Cinevistaas chairman Prem Kishen began his career as an assistant director to showman Raj Kapoor and Vijay...
NEW DELHI: Norway-based Conax A S, a leading supplier of conditional access technology for digital TV, IP streaming and security systems for interactive gaming and e-payment...
NEW DELHI: Maybe it’s the lull before another storm. While the Indian broadcasters meeting with Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit, today, was cancelled and rescheduled to...
MUMBAI: Nearly 16 years after creating mass hysteria, media moghul and patriarch of Sagar Arts Dr Ramanand Sagar’s mega serial Ramayan has recently found place in...
MUMBAI: As the mega serial Ramayan finds a place for itself in the Limca Book of Records, one cannot help remembering media moghul and patriarch of...
MUMBAI: Proud papa (come grandpapa) media giant Rupert Murdoch has become a father for the sixth time at 72. Murdoch with Chloe’s elder sister Grace Helen...
MUMBAI: The barometer 30-stock Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) sensex dropped 28.68 points on 18 July from the 11 July level (3,676.26) to settle at 3,647.58. The...
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NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
